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21st Century Dodos: A Collection of Endangered Objects (And Other Stuff) - Hardcover

Stack, Steve

 
9781906321734: 21st Century Dodos: A Collection of Endangered Objects (And Other Stuff)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1906321736 ISBN 13: 9781906321734
Verlag: The Friday Project Limited, 2011

Inhaltsangabe

A fond farewell to the many inanimate objects, cultural icons, and general stuff around us that find themselves on the verge of extinction.

There are many thousands of endangered species on the planet. If you include animals, insects, and plants, then about three species become extinct every hour of every day—that's almost 27,000 a year. Every single one of these is, of course, a tragedy but, let's be honest, we haven't really noticed. When the last Bolivian centipede pops his hundred clogs it is sad, but makes little difference to our daily lives. So this book isn't about them. Steve Stack instead investigates the many inanimate objects, the unsung cultural icons of society, which don't feature on any endangered list, don't have people raising money on street corners on their behalf, and don't feature in documentaries narrated by David Attenborough, but are just as likely to become extinct. Many already have. Coke can ring pulls, telephone boxes, VHS, cassette tapes, village post offices, the test card, hand-written letters, Spangles, classic ads of yesteryear—all of these and many many more are bid a fond farewell in this affectionate, but slightly irreverent tribute.

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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Steve Stack is the pseudonym of a well-known blogger and journalist. He has, under various names, written for the Times, Observer, Private Eye, and the Guardian.


Steve Stack is the pseudonym of a well-known blogger and journalist. He has, under various names, written for The Times, Observer, Private Eye and The Guardian.

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Verlag
The Friday Project Limited
Erscheinungsdatum
2011
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1906321736
ISBN 13 
9781906321734
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
239
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